Toy shooting gailery



J. H. NELSON.

TOY SHOOTING GALLERY.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5, I920.

Patented Apr. 11, 1922.

ic-siren STAT-ES PATENT OFFICE- JAMES H. NELSON, OF KANSAS GTTY,MISSOURI.

TOY SHOOTING GALLERY.

Specification of Let-tersPatent. Patented Apr. 11., 1922.

' Application-filedNovember 5, ,1920. Serial No.. 421,901.

and useful Improvements in ToyShooting Galleries; and-I (lo -declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, itIlCl-GXtlGik(lGSCIiptiQH of theinvention, such aswill'enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make anduse the same,- reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referenceJmarked thereon, wlnch form a part of this spec1ficatlon.

projectile impeller; which is readily manipulated; particularly byjuveniles, fOL' ClHBCtIHg; a pro ectileagalnst an ob ect or ob ects. Theinvention contemplates. a gallery structure in which a projectileimpeller is associated therewith, the gallery and the projectileimpeller or gun being permanently attached one to the other in such amanner that the impeller muzzle may be elevated for trajectory or swunglaterally for terrain.

Means is also provided for utilizing a single shot or projectile againand again in the gun, this being possible by the construction of thegallery and gun mounting which insures a. return of the projectile backinto the breech of the gun. readyto be fired after each discharge.

In other words, the gun is self-loading due to the factthat theprojectile gravitates back into the breech ready to be fired after ithas struck against the end of the gallery. This is an important featureof my invention as it always insures the gun being loaded ready to befired by setting the hammer and pulllng the trlgger.

I may utilize swinging manikins or toy objects for the targets againstwhich the projectile is to be fired, ora bulls eye may be associatedtherewith or substituted therefor at the whim of the user.

I have also provided means for setting up the movable targets after theyhave been knocked down by the projectile.

There are other novel features of the invention of more or lessimportance which will be referred to hereinafter and which will beapparent ,by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which-- n 1 is a.pers pective view of a gallery constructed In accordance with my inven-Fig. 2 is a vertical, longitudinal, sectional view through theprojectile impeller or gun.

.F 1g. 3 isa top view of the stock of the gun showing the, runway forthe return of the projectile in elevation, and

Fig. 42 is a bottom plan View showing the connecting. plate betweenthegun. base and the gallery structure. i

The gallery per se may consist ofatroughshaped structure, 1 havingdiverging sides 2 and 3 and a back 4. The sides are raised at their rearportions and support a p transparent cover, 5,.which may extend anydistanoe toward the ,forward edge of the gal- .lery to protectthetargets and prevent the projectile from escaping after it hasbeendischarged from its gun.

Suitable targets are enclosed within the space formed by the sides, endsand cover 5 and for the purpose of illustration I have shown a pluralityof manikins 6, mounted upon a shaft 7 and having depending projections Sconstituting braces to support them when they are in an uprightposition.

The manikins are loosely mounted upon the shaft 7 so that when the shotstrikes one of them above the shaft 7, it will be knocked down. A crankshaft 9 in the sides 2 and 3 in rear of the manikins, however, isadapted to be swung in an obvious manner to reset the targets.

The gallery constitutes a runway, at the forward end of which is thegun, mounted upon a base 10 and consisting of a tube 11 having a breech12 with an inlet opening 13 at its side adjacent to the return-way 14,which communicates with the runway of the gallery.

The side opposite the opening 13 is solid so that the projectile mustpass against the shoulder 15 and enter the inclined return runway 1e andpass into the breech.

The firing element or flap 16, covering the breech 12, may be held tothe gun by any suitable means, as by a fastening device 17, andimmediately in rear of the gun breech is a hammer 18 pivoted at itslower end on a pivot 19 secured to the stock 20, fastened to the gunbase 10. The hammer is connected to a cock spring 21 provided with ashoul der 22 and connected at one end to a coil spring 28, the other endof the coil spring being fastened to the stock as at 24, Fig. 2.

The normal tendency of the spring just described will be to throw thehammer 18 against the firing member 16. This will be prevented, however,when the hammer is cocked by the engagement of the shoulder 22 with thedetent or pin 25. The cam trigger 26 is pivoted to the stock as at 27and is adapted to move the spring member 21 ofi its detent when thetrigger is pulled back so that the spring 23 may snap the hammer againstthe impeller element 16 to project the projectile 27 against the objectat which it is aimed.

The base of the gun may be secured to the bottom or the gallery by aflexible plate 28 This plate preferably consists of a steel or somespring material having one end, as at 29, fastened by a plurality offastening devices and the other end pivotally secured,

as at 30 so that the base ma 1 be swun from 7 i b fright'to left toafford the proper terrain in sighting the gun along a horizontal line,the flexibility of the plate 28 permitting the muzzle of the gun to beraised and lowered for trajectory. Therefore, every possible point onthe back l may be aimed at by" manipulating the gun through the stockandbase. I u 7 When the target is sighted and the trigger is pulled, theprojectile Will be forced against the manikin or toy target, reboundingback to the trough or alley 14 where it will enter the'breech of the gunthrough the port 13, ready to again be fired when the hammer is pulledback to the position shown in Fig. 2 and the trigger operated in theusual manner.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the device is always readyfor use and that the projectile can be used'over and over again becauseit will automatically return to the breech of the gun every time it isfired.

hat I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

In combination with a troughed gallery element, having an open frontend, a gun mounting comprising a base, connected to the gallery elementfor vertical and lateral adjustment, and having a return runway at oneside and a flared shoulder at the front for directing objects from thetroughed gallery element into said runway, a gun barrel on said basehaving a bore opening through both ends and having an opening at itsbreech connecting the gun bore with said runway, a spring flap at thebreech end of the gun bore, a; hammer adapted torstrikmg the springflap, and means tor controlling sa dhammer.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature.

JAMES H. NELSON.

